Just when the world needs it most, a new style of social engagement
is emerging: Active Citizenship.
A key member of one of New York's most civic-minded families--one
that has supported many of America's notable institutions and
deserving programs--Jonathan Tisch has devoted a lifetime to
"active citizenship." It's an idea that uses the power of practical
creativity and grassroots participation to solve seemingly
intractable problems. In "Citizen You," Tisch challenges readers to
join this movement and points the way toward making our world a
better place, one person and one neighborhood at a time.
Tisch has filled "Citizen You" with accounts of people who you'll
meet, such inspirational individuals as:
Scott Harrison, who has used the networking and marketing skills he
developed as a night club promoter to help over a million people in
the developing world get access for the first time to clean, safe
drinking water.
Steffi Coplan, whose Broadway2Broadway project brought out the
hidden musical talents of kids at an inner city school.
Eric Schwarz, who decided to do something about America's
under-performing schools, and parlayed a single classroom mentoring
project into the nationwide Citizens Schools movement.
Chris Swan, who is training a new generation of "citizen engineers"
to make sure that the projects they build aren't just structurally
sound but also environmentally and socially sustainable.
Dave Nelson, who traded his role as an executive at IBM for a job
at a struggling nonprofit that teaches kids about the power of
entrepreneurship--and discovered a host of new challenges and
rewards in the process.
Through these and many other remarkable stories, you'll learn how
today's active citizens are transforming thinking about social
change. Rather than short-term fixes and hand-me-down charity,
they're striving to build sustainable, systemic solutions to our
most challenging problems, building and empowering communities
rather than fostering dependency. And they're using a host of new
tools, from online networking and private-public partnerships to
corporate engagement and social entrepreneurship, to redefine how
change can happen. "Citizen You" is a potent antidote to pessimism.
At a time of unprecedented challenges on the national and world
stage, when active citizenship is not a choice but a necessity,
"Citizen You" dares us to reshape the social, political, and
intellectual structures that have long confined us, and offers
fresh thinking that redefines the very concept of activism. For
more information and ideas about how to be an active citizen go to
www.citizenyou.org
"From the Hardcover edition."
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